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    Entitled Hierarchy “We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right,” petitioned Nelson Mandela. Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. knew the essence of time in Birmingham Alabama, 1963. He brought to his audience ideals of abolishing segregation that thrived in the South and proactively sought to make change. Using a library of rhetorical devices, such as allusions, pathos, and similes, King connected his reader to the things he had to address. King felt it very vital

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    A child’s character is persuasively formed around their upbringing in their family and society; therefor, if a child is raised in an environment where x is false and y is true, they are bound to keep those opinions for life. Most often, views and perspectives don’t change, which is why it is crucial in To Kill a Mockingbird that Atticus Finch teaches his two white children, Jem and Scout, his life values before their small southern towns influences them first. With white supremacy, town rumors,

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    Equality and Justice - false promises a nation was created to protect. The historical drama, Selma (2014), directed by Ava DuVernay, depicts some of the struggles African-Americans faced in the pursuit of equality and justice during the mid 1950’s to 1960’s, and the role Martin Luther King Jr. played in his attempt to overcome such inequalities. Even before its release, Selma received backlash from critics who claimed it falsely depicted Lyndon B. Johnson at odds with Martin Luther King Jr, and alleged

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    Anna Phillips Professor Swann ENGL 1301 2P2 19 July 2017 Rhetorical Analysis about Bob Allen’s campaign Bob Allen was running to be the next 2017 Mayor of Frisco, Texas. In his website, Bob Allen Working Together, Allen’s campaign strives and reaches top priority goals to receive positive outcomes from the community. He relays his credibility by focusing on his achieved accomplishments, facts and his personal sentiments to bind a connection with the parents of Frisco. Allen states his

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    Literary Analysis: To Kill a Mockingbird        Throughout time authors have used symbolism to express a greater meaning in simple words because it allows readers to connect the real world to what they are reading in an abstract way, like philosophers using the dove to represent peace and fire to represent ferocity; in To Kill A Mockingbird  , Harper Lee uses symbolism to make a point about maturity in particular when Miss Maudie gives Jem cake, when scout tries to learn innocence and when scout

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    Lastly, Arthur, or Boo Radley goes through some significant changes throughout the story. He begins to develop abilities of sharing feelings with the children, which causes him to better understand the children and world around him. This leads to Boo coming out of his shell and treating people with kindness. He goes from someone who never leaves his house to the person who saves the children from Bob Ewell. At first, Arthur never leaves his house and he’s completely isolated from society. As the

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    Gabriel Ramirez Teacher E. Saires Class ELA Grade 6 October 25, 2017 The Racism “I have a dream, a single dream, continue to dream. To dream of freedom, to dream of justice, to dream of equality and hopefully no longer need to dream them.” (King,1963). The fight for freedom and equality of time before Rosa Parks defends her place in the front and oldest of a Martin Luther King Jr. game inspired by Americans with her famous dream. Throughout history, nations have described the guarantees and personal

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    To Kill A Mockingbird In the story To Kill a Mockingbird, readers are always learning lesson on life that everyone should know. Harper Lee uses courage to make her story exciting and intense. Also in this essay, Harper Lee’s story demonstrates real courage and what she thinks courage means, plus what she thinks someone with courage should act. Courage is when someone does something good that nobody else would ever think of doing. This is shown in To Kill a Mockingbird by Atticus Finch, Boo

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    Helen Keller Analysis

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    Helen Keller was born normal, however, shortly after being born she suffered an illness that caused her to be both blind and deaf. There is a movie about Helen’s struggle called “The Miracle Worker”. There is also a story by Helen Keller with called “The Day Language Came into My Life”. Both the story and the movie, display how the miracles of language and learning allowed Helen to overcome many obstacles in her life. This essay’s purpose is to perform a literary critique of both the movie and the

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    Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27th, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. At only nineteen months old, Keller fell sick with a high fever that was never fully diagnosed and it caused her to become blind and deaf. Ever since the day that Keller became disabled, it was hard for her to speak and see Keller would get so upset and angry at times because she couldn’t talk and see like the rest of her family, and that she would throw temper tantrums. Ever since she got the help, Keller got a better attitude

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